This version of The Weekly Benedict covers material released in the last week from 13 December 2012 – 21 December 2012 (subscribe here; get as an eBook version for your Kindle, iPod, iPad, Nook, or other eBook reader):
Index of Source Links
List of direct document links on Vatican.va used.
Angelus
General Audiences
Homilies
- 16 December 2012 – Pastoral Visit to the Roman Parish of “San Patrizio al Colle Prenestino” * Note 1
Messages
Speeches
- 13 December 2012 – To new Ambassadors to the Holy See, not residing in Rome
- 14 December 2012 – To the delegation from the Municipality of Pescopennataro (Isernia, Italy), in gratitude for its donation of the Christmas tree in Saint Peter’s Square
- 20 December 2012 – Article by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in the Financial Times “A time for Christians to engage with the world”
- 21 December 2012 – Christmas greetings to the members of the Roman Curia
Tweets
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Everyone’s life of faith has times of light, but also times of darkness. If you want to walk in the light, let the word of God be your guide @pontifex, 19 December 2012 |
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We do not possess the truth, the truth possesses us. Christ, who is the truth, takes us by the hand. @pontifex, 19 December 2012 |
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When you deny God, you deny human dignity. Whoever defends God is defending the human person. @pontifex, 21 December 2012 |
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We do not possess the truth, the truth possesses us. Christ, who is the truth, takes us by the hand. @pontifex, 21 December 2012 |
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At the end of the year, we pray that the Church, despite her shortcomings, may be increasingly recognizable as Christ’s dwelling place @pontifex, 21 December 2012 |
Note 1: The link to this page on the Vatican’s site is missing.